5:45 AM,
Oct. 18, 2013

Voter Dominique Parker confers with poll worker Maryanne Dezendorf at Toms River Town Hall during the special Senate election.

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A record-low turnout in New Jersey's special election for U.S. Senate is creating heat for Gov. Chris Christie for scheduling the vote 20 days before the general election and on a Wednesday rather than a Tuesday, a decision one political expert said "disenfranchised" voters.

A state lawmaker said he will push for passage of legislation that would take away a governor's ability to control succession when a U.S. senator is unable to serve. Assemblyman John McKeon's bill would eliminate the special election option - a measure called "garbage" by Christie when McKeon first proposed it in 2009.